History

Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession. Recognition in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.

Best Lawyers History

For more than three decades, Best Lawyers publications have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased
source of legal referrals anywhere.

Our lists of outstanding attorneys are compiled by conducting exhaustive peer review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially
evaluate their professional peers. If the votes for an attorney are positive enough for recognition in Best Lawyers, that attorney
must maintain those votes in subsequent polls to remain in each edition. Lawyers are not permitted to pay any fee to participate in or be recognized by Best Lawyers.

Because of Best Lawyers' known credibility, our lists reach a broader and more important audience than any other legal guide, boasting more than 17 million readers
in city, regional, and national publications across the globe. In addition to
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Chicago Tribune,
Best Lawyers partners with major business and general publications around the world, from Les Echos in France, to the
Australian Financial Review, Business Day in South Africa, and Handelsblatt in Germany.

In 2009, Best Lawyers partnered with U.S. News & World Report, a leading rankings publication, to produce the first annual "Best Law Firms."
Now in its seventh edition, "Best Law Firms" uses quantitative data and client surveys to rank 19,788 law firms, resulting in the most comprehensive guide to legal
representation in the United States. According to Jaffe PR, the Best Law Firm rankings have "the attention of legal marketers interested in law firm branding. The information
requested is extensive and comprehensive and most firms are participating (within reason as many firms will still not release confidential information like compensation).
This publication has credibility and name recognition in the marketplace and provides high PR value."

Best Lawyers and "Best Law Firms" endure as definitive resources for top legal talent, building on our transparent, peer review methodology founded more than
30 years ago.